Call URL via command line and save output every minute ?! 1

[TSch]

Hi folks,

someone I know created some kind of "riddle".

There's a URL (

http://something.com/something.php)

that's supposed to display the solution for a period of 1 Minute every day. The excact time of day is unknown and changes every day.

Now my idea was the following:

Is it possible (Without graphical display) to somehow call this URL automatically via command line every minute and save the output somewhere ?

Regards,
Thomas

 

[feherke]

Hi

* * * * * wget -O "/tmp/something-$( date +'%F_%T' ).html" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://something.com/something.php"[/URL]

Feherke.
feherke.github.io

 

[PHV]

Feherke, the percent sign (%) is very special in a crontab ...

 

[feherke]

Hi

Feherke, the percent sign (%) is very special in a crontab ...

Yepp. Very special for me too : there may be a decade since I struggle to remember it. Thank you, PHV.
( BTW, the code I posted was tested with [tt]dcron[/tt] ( Dillon's Cron ) 4.5. )


Feherke.
feherke.github.io